Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude 77.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Markit-Yarkant Oasis |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
1 to 29Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4050 to 75
75 to 100
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
